"HARTHILLAGAINSTFRACKING"

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Rotherham Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Capacity Study

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"The Rotherham Unitary Development Plan, as Adopted in June 1999, a number of areas of open countryside within the Borough are designated as ‘Areas of High Landscape Value’ (AHLV) under saved Policies ENV1.1 and ENV1.2. 

Policy ENV1.2 states that these areas are intended to provide additional protection so that only development essential to Areas of High Landscape Value locations or which enhance their character is permitted and any development that does take place is on a particularly high standard and will respect the local context.”  The five designated areas are referred to as ‘Wentworth’,

‘Sandbeck-Harthill’, ‘Hooton Roberts’, ‘Dalton Dean’, and ‘Ulley-Whiston.’

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"New building in the open countryside away from settlements or outside areas allocated for development in development plans should be strictly controlled; the Government’s overall aim is to protect the countryside for the sake of its intrinsic character and beauty, the diversity of its landscapes heritage and wildlife the wealth of its natural resources and so it may be enjoyed by

all."

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"All development in rural areas should be well designed and inclusive, in keeping and scale with its location, and sensitive to the character of the countryside and the local distinctiveness."

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"6.8 The structure plan identified two Areas of County Landscape Value within Rotherham Borough, one centred on Wentworth and one stretching along the eastern boundary of the Borough from Sandbeck to Harthill."

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“In Areas of High Landscape Value, development other than for agriculture will only be allowed where it will not result in a significant and permanent adverse impact on the landscape. New agricultural buildings and ancillary development requiring planning permission will normally be allowed, provided they are not detrimental to the local environment, as will agricultural dwellings where a genuine agricultural need for them is demonstrated. Strict control will be exercised over any development that does take place to ensure that the visual character of these areas is not affected."

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“6.4 15 … Notwithstanding the blanket protection of the Green Belt these policies provide additional protection so that only development essential to Areas of High Landscape Value locations of which enhance their character is permitted and any development that does take place is of a particularly high standard and will respect the local context provided by buildings, street patterns, historic plot patterns, building materials building frontages, topography, established

public views, landmark buildings, roof detail, important landscape features and other relevant design elements … The defined Areas include those parts of the transferred Green Belt referred to in paragraph 6.4 7 which have been included in broadly similar designations by neighbouring authorities or which form a logical extension to the RGBP Areas."

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